Microsoft Gives Up on Hailstorm

Dephex Twin writes "According to a NYTimes article: due to lack of 3rd-party support for Microsoft's "Persona" (originally codenamed "Hailstorm"), the company has been forced to dump the project. It seems the companies didn't like having a middleman between them and the consumers. As a person worried about the future with .NET, this is a bit of a relief."

Comments

One degree of seperation?

[Peyna]

Wasn't .NET supposed to give you 'one degree of seperation' according to all the commercials I saw on TV? Wouldn't that mean no middle man?

Registration

[Johnny Mnemonic]

Registration for NY Times articles drives me crazy. Call me a Karma Whore, but here's a RFC: NY Times reg.

• username shall be firstword of 'submitter name'
• password shall be firstword of 'headline.'

For example, registration in this case is username 'dephex' and pass 'microsoft'. Story submitters will please register according to these guidelines when they sumbit stories to /., and save us all a lot of hassle.

Does this violate the DMCA?

NY Times

[Stackis]

What really sucks is that I can't read the freaking article until I fill out a form and join for free....and they'll never ever share any information w/anyone...

Re:This time, M$ discovers that FUD is a 2edged sw

[NineNine]

Based on the spelling of your post, I'd guess that you're probably not old enough to be on the Internet without your parent's supervision.

Re:nope

[WhiteKnight07]

Since nobody has any crystal balls...

*Runs out and comes back*

Hmm... "Outlook not so good."

Wow! This magic eight ball knows everything, I'll ask about exchange server next.